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Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, December 16, 2005 Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, October 3, 2006 Updated as per personal communication with Norman Smith (Las Cuevas, Cayo, Belize); November 2009 |
Pseudodirphia mexicana courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"What.A.Wonderful.World" |
The creamy pm line, outlined in black, is broken by into segments by orange wing veins.
Pseudodirphia mexicana female, Oaxaca, Mexico, courtesy of Kirby Wolfe Copyright
Pseudodirphia mexicana female, Las Cuevas, Cayo, Belize,
102mm, courtesy of Art Gilbert and Norm Smith.
Males use highly developed antennae to locate females at night by tracking their airbourne pheromone plume.At rest, moths fold wings over the body in typical Hemileucinae style. |
Pseudodirphia mexicana larva, Oaxaca, Mexico, courtesy of Kirby Wolfe Copyright
Eggs are deposited in clusters or rings. Larvae are gregarious and are well equipped with urticating spines. A light, single-walled cocoon is spun among leaf litter. |
Pseudodirphia mexicana partial life cycle, Oaxaca, Mexico, courtesy of Kirby Wolfe Copyright
Robinia ....... | Locust |
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The species name, mexicana, is for the collection area in Mexico.
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